firefox/seamonkey: mail application launch when IFRAME element has a mailto: URI in its SRC attribute
Published May 20, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.05%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.19, and earlier, and SeaMonkey, executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- ≤ 3.0.19
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider a user assisted denial of service (and potential crash) of end user application, such a Firefox, to be a security issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.05% (0.02050) | 80.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.05% (0.02050) | 78.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 65.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00676) | 80.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00676) | 79.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.68% (0.00676) | 76.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1990 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602059 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1990
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12386 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1990
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1990 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602059 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1990 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12386 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1990 |
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